04/13/2010
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"If we are going to approach this, as the President himself has said, as a war, we need to fight it 24/7."
"There are neighborhoods where one in four 18 to 35-year-olds on the street are under the supervision of the Department of Corrections."
"Whether or not you particularly like the individual, you are better off if they are working and paying taxes than if they are incarcerated at the ACI and absorbing your tax dollars."
"For the sake of the people who are in those neighborhoods and who are law abiding, it is important that there be the social services so that they can continue to have a safe and orderly life."